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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNLNO PAPERS, MAY 9, 1826. [THE TIDIES.] We repeat, - with perfect confidence , our sta te m ent. Of yesterday concerning the affairs bf Greece, and the recent negociations at St. Petersbnigh. When the Duke of Wellington, whose opinions with regard to Greece had been-powerfully influeneed by the repre sentations and reasonings of Mr. Canning, opened the 'subject of Greek independence to the Emperor Nicholas and his Ministers, his Grace was not very slow in discovering, that whatever difficulties he had to apprehend Were to be looked for in a different quarter. There appeared; as we have been: informed, no great unwillingness on the part of Russia to give up the exclusive management of the Greek cause, with' the contingent prospects ofvprotectorship, and of future ascendancy arispt'Offe of it, if England and other Powers felt uneasy at the uses to which a Rus sian influence, thence obtained, might 'be 'converted.' But it was not so with the second question. The Emperor Nicholas would not hear of circumstances between the Porte and himself,, which touched the faith of treaties , and 'the honour of his crown, being .considered as" European questions. .The Duke, was told, that neither. the Government of Russia, nor the army, nor the nation, would endure to he longer im posedupon by Turkey, or who restrained by Foreign Powers from seeking redress in the only Way in which it could now be held attainable ; that it had , been the: 'policy of Alexander just before his death,. to enforce' the rights which had so long and so vainly been Sub= mitted to amicable discussion with the Porte ; and that he, the reigning Emperor, was resolved to tread in his brother's footsteps. It was at the same time dg- . clued by the Russian Government, in terms the most decided and unqualified, that the' efforts of his Impe rial Majesty would be confined to . an enforcement of existing treaties; and:to a vindication of those rights and. interests which the Turks had actually outraged. It' we do not mistake, the simple and very reasonable question was then put to the Court of - Russian-- « After you have fired the first shot, can 'you. answer for being able to put an end to . hostilities at any given stage orluoment afterwards ?" The reply to which . was nothing ;Wore; than, this We meanto act up to the professions on which we justify our conduct; and if we fail to do so,we are responsible to Lnglan d and tOEurope." Now, there is no pretext for denying to Russia, or any sovereign state, the universal privilege of re dressing her own wrongs. England, as we have be .. fore stated, was, morally speaking, a party to the peace of Bucharest, through her Minister, by whose friendly and well-timed offices it was negociated. Up, there fore, to the point of enforcing the stipulations of 'that treaty, Russia has a just ground for expecting at least forbearance on the part of England. flie alarming branch of the subject lies beyond. Wars commenced with one view, or defended on one pre text at the outset,.., are frequently continued after the primary views have disappeared, and the original pretexts have been abandonA Injuries received, anal expense incurred through the prosecution of redress by :war, lay the groundwork of demands-•-• first for redress—next for indemnity —next for secu rity.' If indemnity cannot be produced in gold, an equivalent may be found in d transfer of 'dominion ; and an advanced frontier becomes the natural security, both of the : new dominion and the old. Thus • the successful belligerent presents t a different aspect to other states, besides, that over %hid' she has been victorious, and acts upon the general balance of power with a fresh and more' formidable influence,- Should Russia, then, .convert her triumphs over the T u rkish arms into the Means 'of territorial ag grandizement--=should the result of these approaching hostilities .he the territorial aggrandizement of that enormous pnwer, even by a single province now under the sway of* TUrkey- r -should'she obtain a frontier more contiguous to Constantinople, and with it the means of bonging forward her military preparations, to a line which would.-.sensibly fileilitate ° her march against that capital, , we see-not how Auitria, or England; could look on, .while, such an engine' of future annoyance was forging under cover of WI expulsion , of , the Infidels tront,Europe, Let the' Subject, then, be, calMly con sidered, and the contest vigilantly watched. More than half the Austrian Monarchy would be encleSed in 'that of Itussia t . were. the hitter Power to succeed in realising.the project of Catherine. [MORNING CIIIIONICLE:j .Petitions were again presented last night to bpt Houses,'from 'Corn Nercliantsiiind others, complain, ing that they would be seriously injured by allowing .the 713ondott Ccira to be' bronght into the. market, they Ravin untdellOge purchases ott the fiiith of , theas4er 7 tion that such Cot n waS not to come into' ;'the 'market year. Thcf:4 can be Ito questibn, We think, that the Petitioners hive a well,founded The: first duty of, a Government, no doubt, itt to Provide': for .the - maintenance of thirtranquillity of the Country ; ',and' if that tranquillity should be threatened by the , inability of the indUstrious classes ti.) purchase grain at the market , price, the Government ought, not to' hesitate setting free the Bonded Corn, and.removing the restrictions on importation. A,statoneressity of this imperious kind is paramount to every other ;consi deration. But we consider the throwing the. Bonded Corn into the market. at present,. as neither more nor it than a.seizure of the property Of 'the holders of COrn s to the. athount which they, may lose . by the inc: Sure of GPvernment for the relict' of the existing ',4istresa. It 'l5 1 rOppr4liat all property should j he made tu.ccattribute to an.extgettcyof this nature ; : but we :do • nQt. See why tin holders of corn should he 'singiCA out fora peauliar Mae than that the boners. of iity other connytydity It quite enough that thry . contlibute their share of the burden. We hate all w, ,, J:ationary,meiisures, all attempts at transference pf. , Fopertylroni one class to another, or' from one rlass to 'the community, by sweeping laws, It is hurtll)os si tic, in our Opinion, that property can' ever be held too sacred ; for the respect. for property is at th e bot tom of:every thing valuable ut sqciet.. , A merchant tits. out a ship in Turkish port, with, the view of bring. jog back a particular cargo,- and the Pacha or Aga, be f re the • return of the vessel; imposeS a particular o' . , 4Lty, with a View to reaeli - the expected Caro; and. t hereby ruhis the merchant. `gym. care ,not ,whether confiscatory measure be; the result of. :the order of a Pacha, Oi4ll art of the' British Legislature ; the nature of the' poWerfrOOthich the itct emanates cannot alter pl ie nature of that EmogNING 1111tALD.] ' d'hougl; hezi, is au avitient tlisposition in some pet* xons f bothEin , and 011 t of Parliament, to depreciate the labours of Mr. Hunk, iir6 have no doubt but. that the gain - 111'i; at large, feels grateful to him fUr, his u nc e a sing and Quable efforts to cheek tlie abuses; and to sini- plify and controul the national expenditure. There is this manifest difference between Mr. Hume and every other person who, within our recollection, has taken a prominent lead in opposition—a circumstance which may of itself, in no small degree, account for the scantiness of the support which he sometimes receives —that every other opposition, however laudable in other respcts, has been instigated by a wish to turn out the Ministers of the day, and to occupy their places ; whereas Mr. Hume appears to have no ob ject of that kind ; and probably, though not without ambition, seems to look for no higher reward than the consciousness of doing right, and the reputation result ing from good intentions, which history cannot fail to assign to any man. Without adopting implicitly all his statements, or the inferences he deduces from them, we think it due to him, as a faithful Representative of the people, to' say, that his labours, during the whole of the present Parliament, have displayed an earnestness and indefatigableness of research, quite unparalleled in our Parliamentary annals, and are such as justly en title him to the gratitude both of the present age and of posterity. It is one of the misfortunes of the coun try to have fallen into an age of mediocrity of talent among public men which is quite.appOling ; and there are , those who do not hesitate to say, that there were times when such a man as Mr. Hume would not have been listened to in the House of Commons. Be this as it may, the country is, at all events, compelled to take public men such as it finds them ; and it is not for those who, from indolence or bad education, fall short of what their predecessors in their office. have been, to undervalue or decry the talents and the labours of one of whom they may rival, but can not put down. On his late motion on the State of the Nation,. Mr. Hume appears to have displayed a striking instance of that minute and laborious effort, which, as was justly remarked by Mr. Brougham, g , none but himself could have attempted ;" And though it was not at all probable, or perhaps desir able, that such a string of Resolutions as his motion embraced should have been at once adopted by the House, the (Emission they gave rise to, and the ex tensive circulation they will obtain, will at least fur rash materials for thinking, which cannot be otherwise then of great ultimate use and value to the country, which has much more to fear from the mystery and de lusion which have long been connected with her finances, than even from the amount itself of the debt. It was to dispel this delusiOn, and to extirpate the quackery resulting from it, that Mr. Hume 's efforts, on the occasion we allude to, were principally directed. Whether those who have thus far, navigated the ves sel through a smooth sea are best calculated to pre side at the helm in the rough weather we now are en countering, is a question we do not wish to agitate ; but there can be no doubt, but that, be the pilot who he may, he must bt, indebted to such men as, Mr. Hume, who points out the intrkvu'ies of the channel, and the rocks and quicksands which it was his duty to avoid. [ NEW TIMES.] The intelligence from the manufacturing districts is in one respect cheering. In consequence of the pre sence of, the military force, but infinitely more from the influence of that moral force to which Mr. Secretary Peel : so elegantly alluded 'in his brief speech at the City Meeting—the consciousness universally felt throughout the suffering districts, that there is not a personage in the kingdom, however lofty his station, that does not deeply sympathise with their suilbrings,—we hear no more of riot and outrage. Peace and mercy have met together—the fountain of charity which has been opened in our great and gene rous city, and which is swelled in its progress by ten thousand rills from the east and the west, and the north and the south, has carried not only solace to the physical wants, but balm to the wounded spirits of the bent down workmen. While we rejoice in being able to make these statements, it cannot be concealed, and it ought not to he concealed, that the distress rbich still exists is great, and that the powers , of the benevolent must be tasked to the utmost to meet its requirements. While we contemplate with strong feelings of honest pride the large sum which in two or three clays lia been raiseclin the metropolis, prov ing as it does a truth as old as the formation of our national character, that no poor petitioner ever knocked at the door of an Englishman's sympathies in vain— still we are aware that the sum, large as it is, admits of mighty increase. The plan of subscription at a Banker's is a mostjndicious one we admit, , and to the inhabitants of London, whey need but slender solicita- don, when a'brOther is to be relieved, it has proved a most productive uric. but there are, not thousands but tens of thousands, neither cold of heart nor un open. of hand, who may yet scruple to carry their pit tances, individually insignificant, but great in their aggregate,' 'to such places of contribution. These tlinusands,..niust be reached, and their good wishes be mado. effective—in what way we do not pretend to say, though wo think that, in such a, case, we might very properly:borrow from the practice of more , than one mociation. 'We see no difficulty ,in forming a COM plittce in every parish, ,and in finding a collector in. every' street, who might 0 to every house, and knock at every door, - to receive the contributions of the 'tradesinan and the shopkeeper, and.. the workman, to-. wards this truly pious fund. Gibbon compares the diffusion 'of letters to the Wreaking up of a golden image, whieh,.ceasing to exist as a work of art, circulates in the more useful shape of coin, extending wealth and industry among all, classes, 'rh6 fruit trees have been most seriously injured by the recent sharp winds and continued blight. A market-gardener, 'near Turnham-green, declarer that the injury• is so extensive that it will make a thousand pounds difference to him in the approach,. ing fruit season. THEES:—The largest tree in England seems to by the - oak on the estate of Lady Steurnui, 'ltr , Yorksitire, ivhick in 17'78, was nearly 85 feet in height, forty-eight feet in - eist-L •cmtiferenee at, yard from the surfacty amt. not less than seventy-eight feet in eiriminferetwe, when measured close to :the ground. But this is nothing compared with the (Annuli ferenca of the great citesnitt-tree 'on Mount Etna, in Sicily, which measures within the hollow of the trunk shone two hundred and .four feet. The saledy,Focest oak, supposed to be "Pwlttds of fifteen hundred yedrn old, measure% forty-six feet ten inches in circumference; but it is now :little more than a , hollow trunk, Mouldering fast to tud. The cedar tree, also, of 'Enfield - is an object of ouriusity; it was brought a plant, from Mount Lebanon; about ..tlitt middle of the seven teenth centuty, and plantel by. Dr. Ilvedale. It was measured in ls2l, and found to be sixty : four..feet ;xi height, seventeen feet in circumference, and to contain Mkt cubic feet of timber. Few trees in the world spread snore widely than the limo or linden.— Evelyn mentions.att enormous oneriteNenstadt, in the Duchy of ' Wirtemberg, the ambitni of whose bought .was nearly four huts dred and three feet ; one hundred aud-fOrty 7 five in diameter from south to mord!, and one hurulreol and nineteen front east to west; wkt thlfeircomferenceof the trunk WO-4 no more than twenty.. seyeo Set.finrr fingers. Even this, however, is trifling, compared to the vast extent to which the Banyan, or Piens India, spreads Its branches., ..Onemf those treeS; near Manjee, west df Patna, '`'gave'''sll44l"w at newt of eleven hundred And eixteen , feet itt cir s.:nitiferenee, and thr ee h un d re d an d s i x ty-three, or seventy-three, fedt in diaMeter ► the eireliniference of stems, about fifty or sixty number, nine' hundred and twenty-one feet,— ~:.(Yriental Herald.. • • - ••• LAW - INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 8. CRIM. - CON. BLUM V. WELLESLEY. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN chewed cause against a rule w'hicla had been - obtained by Mr. Serjeant SPANKIX, on Friday last, calling on the plaintiff to chew cause why the trial of the above cause should not be deferred until the Sittings after Michaeltnas Term, on the ground of the absence of several material witnesses, in Italy and Ireland, and whose attendance could not be procured until the time mentioned in the rule. The Learned Sergeant submitted there was no reason, thus assigned, which should in duce the Court to defer the cause as the defendant required. The plaintiff had a number of witnesses now in Italy and Ireland, and they were expected to arrive in the course of the next week. Why could not the defendant have his witnesses at the trial, as early as the plaintiff: It would be remembered, that the declaration had been delivered on the 2Sth of last January, and the cause had been subsequently set down for trial at the Sittings after the present Term. But there were reasons still stronger, for not granting the application made by the defendant. The plaintiff was at pre sent in a very bad state of health, in consequence of a severe pul monary complaint under which he laboured. He might, before the time mentioned in the rule, have ceased to exist, and he thus would be deprived for ever of his remedy. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE :---It is true, that from such an event you would be brought within the rule of aclio personalis moritur cum persona. Mr. Serjeaht VAUGHAN :—Besides, there had been a child born, and the title to a :Peerage, was placed in issue by the action. The Loup Cum. JUSTICE :—lt is to be hoped he will not die before the Sittings after Trinity Term. That will IN quite sufficient delay, for it does not require more than twelve days to procure the attendance of persons froin Naples. The cause must, therefore, stand over till the Sittings after Trinity Term. Mr. Serjeant YAUGUAN then requested that the witnesses from Italy and Ireland, on the part of the plaintiff, might he examined on. interrogatories. The Lonn CHIEF Jusnct wished to know what were the facts to which those witriesses were to be examined? Mr. Serjeant VAnon/qi said, he could not communicate the information required. Mr. Justice - PanK thmight the request'could not be complied with, as in such cases, cross-examination by the opposing Counsel was of the utmost importance in guiding the Jury in the verdict they ought to find. The LOILD,Cour jimmy said, the rule might be drawn up. with the condition, that in case a Judge at Chambers should be . of opinion, from hearing the principal facts of the case, that there might be an examination on interrogatories, such an examination might then take place.--Rule made absolute. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.--On Saturday last Mr. MtNsuttt.t. was ci6. cupied for some'hours in the morning, and again in the evening until a late hour, iu the investigation of the following curious affair : • A well dressed man, about thirty years of age, who stated that his name was Snif f ', and that he was in holy orders, was brought from Dover by Ledbitter, of this office, who had followed him thither with a warrant, in which he stood charged with fraudu lently possessing hinself of 551., the property of Mr. Coape, a Merchant, of Finch-lane, Cornhill. Mr. Coupe deposed, that in consequence of an advertisement in the Times newspaper, about ten or twelve days ago, in which three horses, described as the property of a Rev. Gentleman'going abroad, were stated to be for sale, at a livery stable in Orange-street, Leicester-square, he went there with his brother, and found a man in a groom's livery, who showed the horses ; and on the witness-selecting one, said he was instructed by his master to de mand '7O guineas for him. • When asked who was his master, he said that his name was Sugg, and that he was Rector of Layton, in Essex. After one or two subsequent visits to the stables, the witness saw Mr. Sugg, and the former finally agreed to give '7Ol. for the horse, if upon trial of three days he should still approve of hint. Sugg said as Mr. Coupe was a stranger to him he should require , part of the purchase money to be paid 'town, and Mr. Coupe consented, to pay down 551., the balance of 151. to be paid at the end ,of the three days' trial, if tiiit result should be favourable ; if other- Wise, to he refunded and the-horse returned. Mr. Coupe paid the Money and said he would. take the horse away himself, but Sugg said he could not allow , : hitrt to do that; he would send his groom with it. This Mr. Coupe thought at the time was purely a mutter of I;olitetwas; and he requested that the animal might be sent to Gale's livery stables in Oxford-street, which . Sugg said should be done before eight o'clock on Saturday se'nnight, the 20th of April. • In the course of the conversation between them, Sugg said he was in orders and had graduated at Cambridge, but did' tot say he had any living. Before eight o'clock Mr. Coupe became uneasy, and walked down to the stables in Orange-street, where he found that the horse was gone, as a helper in the yard told him, to Oxford-street. • He went to Gale's, but the animal had not been seen there, and on his returning once more to Orange-street, he learned that the Rev. Mr. Sugg, his groom, and , all the three horses, had disappeared together. Mr. Coupe in a day or two ascertained that Sun had gone to' Dover, whither he caus ed him to be followed by the officer. Mr. Sugg very confidently denied that there was any thing fraudulent in the transaction. It all arose, he said, from a mis take of his groom, who forgot where he was to take the horse, and when he (Sugg) fimnd that, be sett a note by a ticket-porter to Mr. Coape, telling hint where the horse was. Mr. Coupe admitted that, but said, that in the interim he had good reason to believe that the horse was hardly worth having. ' Sir 11. Baton; asked wheoce the ticket-porter was sent, and Wing told front the Royal Exchange, remarked that probably Mr,. Sugg was at that distance from Orange -street, on his way to Dover, when he gave the note. Mr. Sugg next proceeded to cross-examine Mr. Coupe with great sharpness. " Now, Sir," said he, " you ray you asked 'me to let you take away the horse (which, by-the-bye, 1 totally deny.) Nay did you ask me to lend you a atddle and bridle?" Mr. Coupe replied in the negative. Sugg—NoW, your Worships, 1 undertake to prove, by all the rules of logic, that Mr. Coupe has made two assertions, which are perfectly inconsistent with each other; and that, therefore, he has violated truth. He says he asked me to allow hint to take away the horse, and yet he admits that he did not ask me for time loan of a saddle and bridle, without which he could not take itaway ; for it cannot he supposed a gentleman would lead a horse through. the streets by a halter. Mr. Miss ttoLiWity, Mr. Mote says he asked you to let hint take away the horse, which you refused, and after that re-' fusal I cannot perceive of what pomade use the saddle and bridle could be to him. This plain answer to Mr. Sugg'il rules of logic created much laughter. After some further remarks, the defendants were ordered to be kept in custody till the evening, wheo the parties again attended, Mr. Coape bringing Mr. Hansom as his aolicktor, mid Sugg, an other professional man, Mr. nostril ILEY. The two lawyers, at the request of Sugg, had a private cor&. rence, at the termination of which Mr. Harmer informed the Bench that SUgg had offered to give . up 201. which had been found upon him by Ledbitter, to Mr. Coupe, torther, with the horse ; and that, if Mr. C. did not like the horse in three days,, it should be sold for his (Mr. Coape'a) benefit. To this Mr. Coupe was disposed to accede. , The parties then posted off to Orange-strut, to get the horse, and after a long absence returned with it to the door ; Mr. Sugg ppologiaing by stating that the stables were loeked, and they were ,obliged, , to, break them opeio - Ledbitter was receiving orders to deliVer the '201., and the horse to Mr. Coape; on the conditions tientioned, when a man named Goddard stepped forward and said " that -woo,'t do, the horse is mine " Your horse," said Sugg, " I say it is mine." " 11 en't thOugh, and yoS know it," replied GOchlard. • - " , flow then came Sugg to sell it?" inquired Mr. Minshuff. Goddard—" Why, I authorixed him to sell it"— " Then how con it be your horse?" said Mr. Harmer. " I au thorized hint to sell it," answered Goddard, " hut not to run away with the money."--(A laugh.)—Sugg pvtistO for some time in saying the horse was but at length admitted that he was employed by Goddard to sell that and two others,,,and to re "ehre a eelninistort - upon the money obtained. ," said Mr. Harmer, "yon were to be the clergyman , going so th e C ont i nent , you know." No answer front Sugg, but Goddard said Mr. liar mer was partly right; he was to pay Mr. Sugg Sir the use of Ida mutate. Sugg and Goddard then turned round upon each other, anti a volley of recrimination burst,forth which it would be hard to describe. Lo' smie tesion; Sugg turned to the Bench, and ea claimed; " Oh ! but tbr injuring foySelf, I could disclose a scene, of ruguery. almost unparalleled." . maid; - be had never witnessed a scene to sur pass the preient, and he should now close it by ordering the horse and money to be delivered to Mr. Coape, and the other parties to go abOut their busineat..--Thus the matter enthaL: MARLBOROUGH-STREET. --41 IN Conalsr, the 'Magi''' trate, was yesterday occupied for a euntiderable time in the private rooM of thi s office, in the investigation of a case which involved the sudden and mysterious disappearance of two valuable gold watches and their appendages, the property of Sir Wm. iolliffe, Bart., and his Lady. It appeared by the statement of Sir W. Jolliffe, who with his Lady is at present residing in a house in Brook-street, Grosvenor square, belonging to Mr. Mivart, who keeps the hotel in the same street, that on Sunday morning he (Sir William) laid his gold re peater, which be had been in the habit of wearing, on the table in his bed-room,as he could not that day wear it, he having had occa sion to put on mourning, and the watch having a red and white riband attached to it, but used in its stead for the day, a silver watch, to which there was a black riband. Lady J. generally laid her watch, after wearing it in the morning, on the table in the bed-room a lso ; so that on Sunday it happened that both watches, gold re peaters, were laid there, side by side, and in that situation they were seen safe so late as five o'clock. At about ten o'clock, how ever, at night, it was discovered that both watches, as they had kept each other company on the fable all the evening, had gone somewhere else to keep company for the night; in short, they had disappeared, and nobody could give any account of them, nor have they been since heard of. Under these circumstances, Sir William made the case known at this office, and Scofield, the officer, was employed to inquire into the matter, but he has not been able to throw any light upon the affair. Sir William and his Lady were quite at a loss whom to rest their suspicions on, not knowing of any person who had access to the room where the watches were, except Lady Jolliffe's waiting-maid, of whom they entertained the best opinion. The officer, however, ascertained that on Sunday this young woman had had some parsons to visit her in Brook-street, and he found out who those persons were— namely, a very respectable young female and her brother, residing in the neighbourhood. Those two persons attended yesterday be fore the Magistrate, as did the young woman herself, Lady Jolliffe's maid. The latter was first questioned by the Magistrate in the ab sence of the other two. She acknowledged that she had been vi sited on Sunday by the young female in question, but not by any young'man whatever. The young man was next questioned, and he said that he ac companied his sister to visit Lady Jolliffe's maid on Sunday, and that the latter took them up into Lady Jolliffe's bed and dressing rooms, and shewed them all her ladyship's collection of jewels, &c. but he saw nothing of the matches. Lady Jolliffe's maid being again questioned, admitted that the young man had accompanied his sister on her visit; and that she had shewu them up stairs to the bed-room. Sit Win. Jolliffe expressed himself highly indignant at the girl's conduct, particularly her falsehoods ; but his opinion of her ho nesty seemed unchanged, and nothing further was done in the matter, no person being in custody on the subject: Sir William's watch was a large double-cased gold repeater, , - - hiving engraved on the back the crest of a hand and sword, and the motto ." runt que je Ids," and a large flat gold seal attached to it by a red and white riband, and having the same crest and motto, and the initials " W. G. H. J." and fastened to the riband bra large chased gold ring. Lady Jollifie's watch was a beauti ful small gold repeater, with a platina face, and a gold chain, seals, and key suspended from it. . . . QUEEN-SQUARE.--Yesterday Mr. illehard Walker, who was formerly an eminent merchant-seaman, was brought before Mr. Gazcozir, in the 'custody of George Pople, in consequence of his having tried to get into the presence of Mr, Secretary Can in, at the Foreign O ffi ce, on Saturday evening. It appeared that Walker knew there would be a Cabinet-dinner on the day in question, in Downing-street, and that he stationed his children near the door of the office, while he himself was en deavouring to obtain an interview with the Right Hon, Secretary, or to procure the delivery of a letter to hitti, Walker was then taken into custody and conveyed to the watch-house. No com fort was there denied him, for no implement of injury was found upon him. Walker had taken out a cargo of necessaries for the British troops serving in Portugal in the year 1813. The troops were then waiting for his goods. Having thus disposed of his cargo, he reloaded his vessel with articles for home consumption, when, upon the eve of sailing, the property was seized as partly Contraband, and the vessel was condemned by the Government of Portugal, Mr. G10LG0R1E....4 have bad a communication With the Foreign-office on this subject, by which I understand that you have been informed that applications have been made by this country to the Portuguese Government on your behalf, but in Vain, Walker said that this was through a false representation of the circumstances of his case, for that - he had letters. from Sir William A'Court and Sir Chary Stuart in his favour. Mr. GRZGORM—You were told on Sattirday, u you were formerly told, that your case was represented, but the Portuguese Government would not allow your claim on account of the smuggled goods. As far as respects the Foreign-office, lam in structed to set you at liberty on the condition of your promising not to go any more personally there. Airalker said that be certainly would not go personally there, but that he should apply by writing. t give you my honour; but Mr. Gazuoitxr:--I cannot object to that, but you now under tak3eirn.otmtroaurgeor — Pe r u l . l l ll n Y o t t he g r o e. there, I think it very hard that a British seaman should have been treated in this way. Walker then left the office. SINGULAR SCENE. . . At the Meeting on Saturday oetheLondon Hibernian Society, the Rev. E. Itsing,'Minister of the Caledonian Church, after some obsirvations on the nature of the Society, concluded thus : tt T o use the lauguageof the Apostle, silver and gold have I none, but all that I hal* I give Onto thee. My Lord, I beg to present you with a valuable relic, a gold watch, which belonged 'to my late brother, and I beg you will keep it in pledge; and whenever the sale of a work I have lately published shall put me in posses .sion of the means I Will certainly redeem it."—He then laid on the table a handsome gold watch. The CUAIIMAN requested he wound take it back again, and repeatedly offered it to him ; but he refosed, and said that so great AD interest did he feel In the welfare of the Society, that no power on earth should, induce him to accept it. This extraordinary scene excited a considerable sensatiou iu the Meeting. . SPEEDY AND INCRIMSED COMIUNICATION WIT ENGLAND. We have the gratification to inform thnpublic, that two Eng lish Mails will he daily dispatched henceforward from Dublin, in stead of one, as heretofore. The additional mail will be for., warded at six o'clock in the evening, and a coach will be in rea. diness at Holyhead, on the arrival of the packet, to forward the. mail-bag to London. Thus a communication will be kept up every 'morning and evening with England—'—by which means 1 letters will m most cases arrive in London twenty-four hours sooner than at present. This regulation has been adopted by the orders of the Lords of the Treasury, and it will be put into operation as speedily as possible. In addition to which, they: have also directed, that packets of a larger size than those now in use shall be built, and furnished with sum-engines of double the power of those at present employed in the packets on the Holyhead station. When all these arrangements are completed, it is supposed .that the passage across the channel will, in ordi nary weather, not „average more than five or six hours, as the time allofred at present is only eight hours. These regulations. must be of infinite service tb the evening papers of Dublin, as they will be thereby enabled to transmit to their subscribers the newest and freshest intelligence from 7 the other sine of the channel. Dublin Correspondent. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, FiIIDAY, MAY It. At the Court of Cenunissioners. A. G. Stephens, Wandsworth, Surrey, at 11. COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, MAY 12. G. Tate, New Shoreham, .Sussex, at the New Inn, Brighththu- st , ;ne, at 1. J. Chalcroft, Bsighthelrnstane, Sussex, at the 'No' ar Inn, BrSghi helmstone, at 11. T. Sparrow &W. Nickisson, Newcastle-under Line, at the Roe Buck Inn, N e weastle-under-Llne, at 11. W. Dunu, Louth, LincolN at the New King's Head Ins, Loath , • at 1 1 • • t . at J. s labs , R. a nd M i f loi yui t e e , n.ie..n .: ;o . - .7. r zte a r t , , J:tausnaw, L ancaster, the Bridge bin, • • w. wilkinsou,• Ke i g ia c y, York, at the Devonshire Arms Inn,. Keighley, at 11., J . mitcheu, K e i g hl e y, York, at the Dev ons hi re - A rms l an , Keighley, at 11. • , • 4. Phillip., Bristol, at the Commercial Rooms, Briatbi, at I T. T. Chandler, Bedminster; Somerset, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol, at 12. 11. Tindall, Birmingham, Warwick, at .ane Royal Intel, Bir- Miligha, at 12. Robinson, ni Hill-top, Keighley, Jim Keighley, at '7. York: it the Devonshire Arms XPEnrrioN.--The detachments of the 73d regi ment from Ireland landed at Liverpool within 63 hbure front the signature of the order at the Horee Guards, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, thronD, 'MAY 6.—On 'Wednesday last the following Degrees utre conferred : BAciurLon, IN IhviNny.—Rev. Francis Lewis, University College. • MAsTEns or ARTS.—Rev. Charles Grey Cotes, Christ Church, Grand Compounder ; Rev. George Inge, Fellow of All Souls' College; Rev. James Edward Austen (Craven Scholar), Exeter College ; Rev. Robert Henry Tripp, Exeter College ; Rev. Peter Pering, Oriel College; Thomas Heberden, Oriel College; Rev. John Acton Anson, Brasennose College. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Henry Taylor, Worcester College William Samler Hadley, Queen's College ' • Francis Hague Gregnvell, Scholar of Brasetmose College; John Burgess, St. John's College. The Lord Bishop of Exeter has conferred on the Rev. John Bull, D.D. Student of Christ Chnrch, Archdeacon of Cocoa U, and Canon Residentiary of Exeter, the Rectory of Lezant, in Cornwall. void by the death of the late Chancellor John's and on the Rev. George Barnes, D.D. of Exeter College, and late Archdeacon of Bombay, the Rectory of Soivton, in the county of Devon, void by the cession of the Rev. Dr. Bull. The Rev. Thomas Leeson Cursham, D.C.L. of Lincoln Col lege, is promoted to the Liting Of Blackwell, in the County of Derby. The Marquis of Clanticarde has appointed the Rev. Hugh Usher Tighe, M.A. of Corpus Christi College, one of his Lord.; ship's Domestic Chaplains. We understand the Ret. Dr. Pott, Archdeacon of London& Will succeed to the Chancellorship and Canonry of the Cathedral, Church of Exeter, in the option of his Grace the, Archbishop of Canterbury& Messrs. Robert William Goodenough, With Emmanuel Pig° 4 Frederick Biseoe, John Robert Hale, and Henry Partingt" are elected Students of Christ Church, Oxford, from' W es tminster Ce ,I 4 lege. Messrs. Dunlop, Carron, and Heath; are elected to TrinitY - College, Cambridge. The Hon. Philip Henry Abbott, B. A. Student of 'Christ Ch nrcbi and Wm. Weld, Esq. B.A. of St. John's College, are Called t 6 the, Degree of Barrister of Law, by the Honourable Society " Lincoln's-Inn. rHE ARMY. Several Detachrnetift of Recruits arrived bn Saturday at itt,l sington and Westminster, from Bristol and Liverpool, ll' rudched yesterday morning, on route to join their respective 1114 . giments and Depotsk Detachments belonging to the 14th and 54th Regiments of hit farktiy, marched yesterday from Westminster, for Chatham. Detachments belonging to the 4 th and '1 1 tlt Regiment" oi Light Dragoons, and the 16th Lancers, marched yesterday'fr gif Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot, at Maidstone. . Detachments belonging to the 6th, 20th, and 48th Per melds of Foot, Marched yeste*lay, from Westminster , for Cu li j terbury. • a( Detachments belonging to the 8 5th and 89th Re g imen" Infantry, marched yesterday, from Westminster, for Dover. A Detachment of the 36th Regiment of Foot, marched Vetter • day, from Westminster, for Coldwater. A Detachment of the, 83d Regiment of Infantry, nor' yesterday, from Westminster, for Harwich. A Detachment of the 82d Foot, marched yesterday WW * from Westminster, fer Ipswich. LONDON . MARK FS. ICE OF EAM The highest price P of R Bread in ß th ß e Metropiilis, is ~ ,I „ the 41b. 'Oaf—there are i theta who sell front A halt twopence halfpenny below that tale, hngl 1 sts it: Clots: r N( L4 e et wli F •i t t :;:igts ditto : 11:ES , "4311.7::2 : 14.1)1:;i : 1 : :: t.:t.l:---:::1:ii:::°' :ILI:: • O Ne ld w d .r i r t:o .foi d l it . t . o.. ... 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".. i Os tli .... ei 04 to , ts 6d I ShearliNgs .. o 's 1 ", . 4. 1 • 6 ' l 3 ' Oil I 04s Oil 1 I;aujim ..... 1 , 6 ,11 " - Downs PRICE ----- OF LEATHER. i nt to 06 Butts, 50 to 5611 is cud' l ivr 11, ...... ..-.. isj Ditt., 60 to 66111 s tuclt ................... `2lll to 061 Best I)ressiii 11'd . 4d I° i i g 1 e; ........................ 16d lu .1' 00 4. Common Hide's s 1 to 1 5, Crop Hides, 3 5 to 4011 h fur cutting... ..... • . 1 4 " ..,' Al Ditto .... 40 to 45Ibs .... . ......... . --il 1" lino .... 45 to 50iIii .............. ... . ....l to git' ~ alf Skjitit..::t; to 4011.1 s .. 50 to 7011)s ............. egd jp god At , . "70 to Botha - mull Seals (Grreeillioil) „urge ditto rolined Morse Hides Aponisli Mr.,: Mile: 3. ..-- -- ;104 .4i JltitAS OF TALLOW, :.‘OAP, lite per 11110. •i . 'nitro Irrittow 37 t od —s Od Yellow Soap ..... • : , I° l ' i Yellin , ' /tare. ia 34s 6t —s od 'Mot t led ........ ''' .: ', ~1. , 1' White dift.. 370 Cal --S 111: Curd . . ......... .• ' ' '0 - j Soap ditto...., BSs Oti -.-I Od Graves ...... . .... ''' tO‘' illelting Stott IRs no —I, od Good Dregs...• • "••• Ditto ltoogli.. —4 lid —s Oil' - '' ..., g, ______—, • - . ..—,----- -- ' l .O 11A „ PRICE OF CANDLES, room tAki.ovi Cli A NlH•id i , 61 6 " Price of per *men, its 6d a 76---- . M" ed per dozen alloved for ready maarY. NOCE OF HAW EAT, t wr stone o f r O. O Pri" 'll 1.3"""1 tit ,"I by the Tan.%v WWI), ---- in . t:0411, AhiRKET, 'MAY 5. . AlA'' Adair's, 30s lid to .31s—.13eahmont go, od.—Fellinfoi v oil.' 37a od—Heatoo, 3-Is tint- Alain 34s t;i l--/ „; Will 41; and Co. 37s 31s 3d—Killingworth, 33$ 6(1-Per`se, East:27s-t.!:ron,t6" 10 & *or,. 28s--ihipeote, 4 2115..4"an field-Moor, 31st —TOWlliletictie —Willington, 34s 3ti—lVylam ' 3ls Cal-..,:Niralls En ,‘: (1 _,W 011 :1 I;nd Newniareh, 34 4 3d—WallsTintl Nortliumberlitn . 3:o' 01 —Walls End Yeareth, 32s 9d--!Falls End ft iddell'h! wt). to 37a (id--; tValls ' End •Hoispor, 0 3 " d, 330" 35s titl—Walls End 'Rtisseli'le, Ms—Small -Coil, 1 41 1 4 ";, Al ton Duff small, IDs Tantield Tnuler, apt; 6d--'qj 0 38. 41 ' Stone Coal Christie, 39a—NVails E n d het t on, 37s : o 6' —Walls End Lyon's, 34s :fil—NVolhtl;End littinbtel, I, —blips at market, litt— .Ships solti,;'3:l4.u.illn t ,olel, I ' BIRTHS. p t ityo'r ic ' On the Ilth inst., in llrunsiviek-square, Lady Ilay•, of a daughter. YI Vfi ' ~., ,c s On Sunday, in Gloucester-place, the lady f " I ' a ei Esq. of a von. • r- 0 1 1114 f$ On the fith inst., at her father's honse, in Grosverio t o, o the lady of Lieut.-Col. Lindsay, of the Orenadies Out/ !,11', daughter. Oa Sunday, in 11M-street, the la ,•y of l'ir.Sttutit, gs4* of aeon. - _ - 'IIIARRIED. •„; 0 016 On Thursday last, at Kiluti.ton, Hants, by the Dukinfield, the Rev. Francis North, Prebend:oY 4,1 n 001; ter, to 'Harriet, daughter of Sir Henry Wade or "l e 1 0 " ireebawdoesanciasadneat:miande.r tttett.: in On the Nth ult. at St. alary's Church,' Ilsoche doont Wheeler, bookseller, of that , town, tti Helen, only the late Wm. Wood, Esti. of Hub-nth 4. o p n o Th p u ele nd rboh nyl :g t il. the' . l lb lgh il e :ii lte . y. th, vf- .1 Printed slid Published by YOUNG, Isle. 112, Stroud.